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Anyone interested in a seed swap? Working at a pumpkin farm every fall, I have a bunch of pumpkin seeds that I have saved. Seeds are a mix and possibly a Frankenstein hybrid as they are mixed out in the field and more than likely cross pollinated. Varieties include small sugar, big max...

This year's garden is going to incorporate arched cattle panels for all my vine vegetables. For those who use this type of setup, do you find you can plant closer together/ more plants in the same area? Finishing up my raised beds and if I need 1-2 more, I'd rather build them now and not in May!

To those who have recently (Aug 2020) received chicks shipped through the USPS, what has been your experience? On time, extra day in transit, dead chicks...? I am planning on raising a large batch of chicks but am suddenly fearful of the ability to receive them in a timely manner. The...

For those who have purchased French Marans from Meyer, which colors lay the darkest eggs? My local feed store buys from them and has 3 week old. Tempted but don't want to end up with a disappointing regular brown egg layer.

My geese have a fenced area and at night are locked up in chain link dog kennels to protect them from the usual predators. Has worked fine for 2 years. Prior to that, they were run into the chicken coop at night but they got progressively aggressive with the chickens so they got the boot. A...

My greatest pests have returned with a vengeance this year. If I'm lucky I get 2-3 eggs a day before they raid the coop. I could lock my chickens in the coop but I don't want 20 angry hens. How does everyone deal with them?

Between the key pad, the ad for Consumer Cellular, the tool bar and the blue web address there is only room to see 2 lines of text. Any way to get rid of all the extra? Frustrating.

I have 3 sebastopol geese. A 1 1/2 year old gander and 9 momth old goose and gander (vent sexed by vet). They have been a happy little family up until today. The goose has repeatedly cornered the older gander and bit,pulled out feathers and tortured him unmercifully. Normal? Am I dealing...

Anyone house their geese in hoop coops? I scored on a bunch of cattle panels and am considering building some. I need to house 2 pair and am considering building 2 8x12 coops for winter.

Does anyone know the desired shank color for brabanters? I have chicks that have green or grey shanks. I know there is no SOP yet but what is the ideal?

Ideally, you would want the chicks to be a day old or less when giving them to a broody, but what's the oldest you've been able to sucessfully do it? I have a first time broody (going on 2 weeks) that I want to break with some chicks. I can pick up some golden brabanters but not until Monday...

I've got a cochin hen that has decided she would like to hatch some barn trash and gets quite distraught when I pick her up and put her in the coop at night. I've left her sitting on her "eggs" for the night and just going to leave her alone for now. How long does she need to sit before I can...

I have a flock of 9 guineas mixed with 15 hens. The guinea have always foraged together. This past week one guinea hen has started hanging back in the coop with my broody hen. She sits on top of the nesting boxes most of the day. She's only 6 months old but is she thinking about laying...

When chickens are attacked at night, do they make any noise? If guineas are attacked at night, do they make any noise? I had a bobcat get into my coop last year and my super vigilant guard dog slept through it. The only explanation I can come up with is they didn't make a peep.

I inherited a shipment of keets that was shipped to the wrong PO. This is my first batch. I have 2 pearl, 3 whites and 7 lavenders. 3 of the lavenders have darker stripes (more defined) on their heads and normal colored bodies. The other 4 have faint light stripes on their heads and normal...

My chickens are in a converted stall with 2x4 horse wire on the top. Magpies have recently discovered the tasty eggs and will raid the boxes almost as fast as the eggs are laid. Short of putting up all new wire (a new coop and run is in the works and the current one will be a grow out pen...

So my SC brown leghorn pullet laid her first egg today. I turned them out and she proceeded to just walk around not scratching and pecking. She was emitting this very low mooing sound for lack of a better word. She didn't appear in any pain or stressed. I put her back in the coop and she...

Does anyone have a nutritional analysis of a "typical" batch from beer brewing?

In breeds where the mature rooster and hen have different feather patterns, can you accurately determine sex with the first feathers in a chick? I have a 5 week old partridge rock "pullet" that acts more like a roo and is getting bright red wattles but has the standard partridge penciling like...